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b A f Y Ny PETERS. PHOTO LiTHDGRAPHER WASHiNGTON D C GEORGE W. NUTTER, 0F SANTA oauz, oALrroRNiA, AssIeNoR To HrnsEL AND CHARLES KEETON.

i Letters Patent No. 106,075, ma August 2, 1810.

IMPRQV'EMENT IN BALINGFPRB'SSES.

To all whom itvmag/ concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. NUTTER, of the city and county of Santa Cruz, VState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Berling-Presses for baling hay, cotton, and other ibers and products; and I `do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and iract' description of the same, reference being had to the` accompanying drawing, and to the letters marked:

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My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of balipg-presses `in which the follower is operatedby means of ropes, pulleys, 'and rods or levers, and consists in the employment of two stout traveling-rods, provided with friction-rollers or wheels, working in guides,` their upper ends movingr in averticall direction, while their, lower ends` .move horizonltally. p

.'.lhe upper ends of the= rods 'are connected to the follower'v by links, and the'wlower ends are provided with rope sheaves, or movable pulleys, receiving motion in one direction4 from a rope and revolving shaft, and, in the other; direction, from the weight of the follower, said ,rodsA and Aappurtenances being arranged in such a manner that a uniformmotion imparted to the revolving shaft will' canse the follower to more with a constantly diminishing velocity, and constantly increasing power,'from the beginning to the end of the stroke, by which the bale is compressed.

My invention further consists in constructing and arranging the hereinbefore-mentioned details in Vsuch a mannerthat they can be `readily detached from the body of the press, aud also in forming the'sills upon which the press-rests in suoli a inannerthat the said sills may serve as runners upon which the baling- 1 Figure 5 is a side view of lone of the sills, fashioned something like a sled-runner, ibi' thexpurpose hereinbeforev set forth. l 5 4 Like letters refer to :like parts. in each of the iigures.

-A represents the traveling rods; and

B, the friction-rollers.'

C are the guides for the lower end of rods A. The guides for the upper end are not seen in the drawing.

D are-the links.

E is the follower; and

F are the ropesheaves, shown in dotted lines, being hidden from sight by the guides O.

G is the rope; and

H the revolving-shaft.

I yare the sills or runners; and A, y p

J are iron rods or" braces, 'that can' bereadily re moved wit-h the sills. l a

The body of the press consists of 'a rectangular box or frame-work, provided with a door K, at the top, for receiving the hay, and doors, L,`at the sides, l for removing the bale.

The rope G passes around the sheaves F, and has 'one end secured to the frame-work at m, and the other end tothe shaft H, in such a manner. that the revolution of the shaft will canse the lower ends of the traveling-rods to approach the body of the ma,- chine. a

M is a drum, about which a .rope may be wound,

for the purpose of applying horse-power.

'Ihe operation of pressing a b. le ,of hay with this machine is as follows:

The rectangular box forming the body of the press' having been illed with hay through the top,thecover` or door K'is fastened down, asl shown in the drawing, and, motion being communicated tothe ,shaft H, the. rope G will bewound upon the shaft, and bring `the lower end of the rods A with a uniform motion toward the body of the macl1ine,1but the upper ends of said rods will, at the same time,

.move up thevertical sides ofthe box with a constantly diminishing velocity, and increasing` power, until the rods A have attained a vert-ical positionfand the follower E has arrived at the top ot' the stroke, compressiu g 'therhay into a baleofjthe-reqnired size,

to be bound and removed by the .door L; then, by

releasing the shaft H, the weight of the follower will cause'the parts to return to their original position,

' when the operation canfhelepeated.

It will Ybe readily-understood. that an extremely cheap, light, and portable baling-press is thus produced, that will -compress the bale into a much smallerY space thanby the use of the ordinary press.

It will-also be seenv that mypress can be readily taken to pieces, and drawn from place to placeon the runners I 'prepared for that purpose.

Having thusdescribedmy invention,

What I claim, and desire.i tt secure by Letters Patent, isv l 1. The travelingrods provided with thefriction-wheels B B', and pulleys F, constructedv and .'uwhen combined with the links D, and follower E,- Subranged :1s shown and described, for the purposes set stantially as set forth.

forth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand 2. The rods A, links D, rope G, and shaft H, and seal..

when combined witlithe follower E, substantially as G. W. NUTTER. [In 5.] set 'forth Witnesses:

3. The rods A, having friction-wheels B B, and C. W. M. SMITH, pulley F', and having horizontal and vertical guides, DAVID R. SMITH. 

